News Corp (Class A) (NWSA)
S&P 500 · Communication Services · data since 2013-06-19 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+1.63%
7d
-5.87%
30d
+6.06%
YTD
+2.88%
1y
-8.13%
News Corp (Class A) (NWSA) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.5 | -10.1 | 3.1 | 5.6 | -0.8 | -4.9 | 7.8 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 1.8 | -4.5 | -0.4 | 4.1 | 5.2 | -1.4 | 0.3 | 4.8 | -13.7 | -3.1 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 9.1 | -2.2 | -9.1 | 14.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.7 | -5.6 | 2.3 | 7.7 | -6.2 |
| 2023 | 11.3 | -15.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 8.4 | -6.2 | 3.1 | 6.6 | 11.4 |
| 2022 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -10.3 | -12.4 | -10.5 | 10.0 | -1.3 | -10.2 | 11.7 | 13.5 | -5.0 |
| 2021 | 8.0 | 20.9 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -4.5 | -4.4 | -8.8 | 5.2 | -2.7 | -5.6 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | -3.7 | -11.3 | -24.9 | 10.4 | 23.6 | -3.2 | 7.3 | 18.9 | -6.7 | -6.3 | 34.4 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 13.0 | 1.5 | -3.7 | -0.2 | -8.3 | 18.4 | -2.5 | 4.5 | 1.9 | -1.5 | -6.0 | 9.8 |
| 2018 | 5.5 | -5.7 | -1.4 | 1.1 | -5.9 | 3.1 | -2.8 | -13.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | -1.6 | -12.6 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 2.2 | -2.1 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 4.5 | -6.6 | -0.1 | 3.0 | 18.3 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | -2.9 | -16.6 | 19.1 | -2.7 | -3.7 | -5.1 | 14.3 | 8.4 | 0.2 | -13.3 | -4.6 | -0.9 |
| 2015 | -5.1 | 16.0 | -7.3 | -1.4 | -4.0 | -3.7 | 1.0 | -7.5 | -6.7 | 22.0 | -6.8 | -6.9 |
| 2014 | -11.4 | 14.8 | -6.1 | -1.2 | 0.2 | 5.2 | -1.6 | -0.1 | -7.3 | -5.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| 2013 | · | · | · | · | · | -3.5 | 4.5 | -1.4 | 2.3 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 |
| Avg | 2.1 | 0.7 | -1.2 | -0.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 0.3 | -2.0 | 0.7 | 4.2 | -0.1 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +2.1% | +0.7% | -1.2% | -0.4% | +1.5% | +0.5% | +2.3% | +0.3% | -2.0% | +0.7% | +4.2% | -0.1% |
| Win rate | 62%/13 | 62%/13 | 38%/13 | 38%/13 | 54%/13 | 50%/14 | 62%/13 | 46%/13 | 46%/13 | 46%/13 | 54%/13 | 62%/13 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-51.9%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±8.4%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
52%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+34.42%
2020-11
Worst month
-24.92%
2020-03
Longest streaks
7▲ / 4▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About News Corp (Class A)
News Corp (Class A) competes for the only truly scarce resource: your attention — with price receipts on this site going back to 2013. Since 2013 it has ground out +86% overall — not every story is a rocket.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2020 at +34.42%; its worst, March 2020 at -24.92%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.